An Oil Service? How Much?!?!
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arfur daley said:
thats cracking money for 15 minutes work.
Quite. I was actually speechless, which isn't good when you're on the phone....I haven't seen anything above 200 when looking around on the net for what people pay. Maybe it's the surrey factor.
But my car's FBMWSH will be no more, that's for sure!
In fact that's MORE than the price I paid for an inspection 1 to be done on my z3 by a specialist who came and collected it and left me a courtesy car.
So the "overheads" excuse doesn't stack up.
Edited by BMWBen on Friday 11th June 18:17
As i extended the BMW warranty on my 335d i have no choice but to send it to the stealers.
Looks like i will be ringing around as mine's due in around 7k according to idrive.
I guess at the end of the day if it means my warranty stays intact then i won't have any trouble if one of my turbo's or other expensive parts like the injectors / fuel rail / pump goes.
Looks like i will be ringing around as mine's due in around 7k according to idrive.
I guess at the end of the day if it means my warranty stays intact then i won't have any trouble if one of my turbo's or other expensive parts like the injectors / fuel rail / pump goes.
briers said:
As i extended the BMW warranty on my 335d i have no choice but to send it to the stealers.
Looks like i will be ringing around as mine's due in around 7k according to idrive.
I guess at the end of the day if it means my warranty stays intact then i won't have any trouble if one of my turbo's or other expensive parts like the injectors / fuel rail / pump goes.
My 645ci is also under warranty so was tied to the dealer. £218 inc vat. They found some play in the rear ball joints, which were replaced under warranty whilst it was there. The brake fluid service was £49 last year.Looks like i will be ringing around as mine's due in around 7k according to idrive.
I guess at the end of the day if it means my warranty stays intact then i won't have any trouble if one of my turbo's or other expensive parts like the injectors / fuel rail / pump goes.
All in all I am happy with my local dealer, the costs seem on the lower end of what franchises charge and they have never given me any 'needs disks and pads' BS.
Are positive posts about a dealer allowed on here??
, perhaps you've got to ask for a 4plus deal 
Just ask for a discount.
I asked a London franchise about the £115 deal and it took them all of about half a second to come down from the £200+ they quoted to £150 for an oil service on my 2002 530i, and another full second to fall to £125 all in if I booked in that week.
They will try it on though, cheeky monkeys.
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/owner/service_value/ove...
I asked a London franchise about the £115 deal and it took them all of about half a second to come down from the £200+ they quoted to £150 for an oil service on my 2002 530i, and another full second to fall to £125 all in if I booked in that week.
They will try it on though, cheeky monkeys.
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/owner/service_value/ove...
Edited by Matt UK on Friday 11th June 23:17
Matt UK said:
Just ask for a discount.
I asked a London franchise about the £115 deal and it took them all of about half a second to come down from the £200+ they quoted to £150 for an oil service on my 2002 530i, and another full second to fall to £125 all in if I booked in that week.
They will try it on though, cheeky monkeys.
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/owner/service_value/ove...
Well, I told the chap it was far too expensive and he didn't offer anything else.I asked a London franchise about the £115 deal and it took them all of about half a second to come down from the £200+ they quoted to £150 for an oil service on my 2002 530i, and another full second to fall to £125 all in if I booked in that week.
They will try it on though, cheeky monkeys.
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/owner/service_value/ove...
Edited by Matt UK on Friday 11th June 23:17
A rather sore point is that the garage in question offer "fixed price" servicing for the e46 for
£130.
It takes the same amount of time and the same amount of oil.
Bloody joke! I can see that people with the newer model would be less keen to go "non-bmw", but the whole thing is a bit bare faced marketing gone mad if you ask me...
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